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==Self-fulfilling prophecy==
A [[self-fulfilling prophecy]] may be a form of causality loop. [[Predestination]] does not necessarily involve a [[supernatural]] power, and could be the result of other "infallible foreknowledge" mechanisms.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Craig|first=William Lane|year=1987 |url=http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/newcomb.html |title=Divine Foreknowledge and Newcomb's Paradox |journal=Philosophia |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=331–350 |doi=10.1007/BF02455055|s2cid=143485859}}</ref> Problems arising from infallibility and influencing the future are explored in [[Newcomb's paradox]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Dummett|first=Michael|title=The Seas of Language|isbn=9780198240112|year=1996|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=356, 370–375}}</ref> A notable fictional example of a self-fulfilling prophecy occurs in the classical play ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'', in which [[Oedipus]] becomes the king of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] and in the process unwittingly fulfills a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. The prophecy itself serves as the impetus for his actions, and thus it is self-fulfilling.<ref>{{citation|last=Dodds|first=E.R.|year=1966|title=Greece & Rome}} 2nd Ser., Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 37–49</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Popper|first1=Karl|title=Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography|date=1985|publisher=Open Court|___location=La Salle, Ill.|isbn=978-0-87548-343-6|edition=Rev.|page=139}}</ref>
==Novikov self-consistency principle==
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